Well i finished my class 2 requirements. Those lower linguals of the anteriors kick my butt every time! GRRR... but angie was really helpful so that was nice. Only a few more days of clinic left and I have yet to find a class 3 patient. its about time to panic. Oh for spesh!

CA

I was ca last wednesday. Wow that was fun. Dental Assisting is way more fun but it was nice to have another day off clinic.

My patient didnt show today. I think its kinda not cool how we get docked points when our patients decide not to come. Lame-o. Anyway. I really don't care except for the fact I lose the points. I only need to see 4 more patients and finish one that I started and I will have everything done and there are like 9 clinic sessions left so I'm not too worried. Well.... except for the fact that I cant find any 1A patients or class III.

CLinic las wednesday was ok. My sister came in so that was fun. She is a class 1B and I was able to do FMX so that was good. She was supposed to bring her retainer so I could do my removable appliance PE but she didnt. Oh well. I was so ready to be done though by about 2. After about an hour of this stuff I'm ready to be done.

1B. finished. it was ok.

my patient hasn't showed yet and we are wasting time.... I cant afford to have them not come.... I have requirements that need to be met....... um....... hopefully my pt. shows. I just got word that my pt is here and filling out paper work. Whew! That was a close one. I believe my patient is a 1B. Wahoo... an I get another one. I would so rather a 1B than anything else. I'm excited to work with Vining. Haha I better air dry the calc on the lower anteriors. Haha.

Vining is awesome. Very helpful and positive. My patient had a lot of dark staining on the maxillary anteriors on the lingual especially in the grooves that was hard to get off and that took some time but I got my patient finished. Nice. And.... guess what? No deposits to note! Its days like this that encourage me when other days in clinic seem to suck way beyond anything. I do have one thing to commment about though... that is the time grade that we get for scaling and x-rays. I dont think its accurate. We are given 30 minutes for a 1B however, this time does not account for time that is spent in conversation... building a raport... or the time instructors chit chat with patients. I think that it is important because it keeps the patients coming back but I dont think its accurate for our grading. Oh well. I have come to not care how long it takes me as long as I finish. I can worry about how long it takes me when I am comfortable with what I'm doing. It doesnt do any good to rush through stuff and not actually clean the teeth.

Better day in clinic. Good thing too because I was dreading coming in today.

I was super frustrated in clinic. I better leave it at that. Class 1B. Finished.